Chris Nevard wrote:
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> We haven't had Watneys Red Barrel over here in the UK for many years.
> I believe there is an export version still made for you guys - I think
> it is a better beer than the one we had over here. Another ersatz ale
> we had was 'Double Diamond'. The commercials used to go: "Double
> Diamond, Double Diamond - works wonders for you" - think they were
> talking about the accountants pockets - another one of those beers
> (?) containing very little in the way of proper beer ingriedients.
A commercial that died the death although the product is still very much
available was "Guinness is good for you" complete with pictures of workmen
wandering round with a pint of Guinness in one hand and a steel girder on
their other shoulder.
While my wife was breast-feeding our two kids and on hospital advice she always
drank a glass of Mackesons Stout before the last feed of the day. We never had
a sleepless night.
PaulH.
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